Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Saint Thomas Aquinas Aided by Saints Peter and Paul (Bartolomeo degli Erri, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 23.140)Sacred Art & IconographySaint Thomas Aquinas Aided by Saints Peter and Paul (Bartolomeo degli Erri, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 23.140)Tempera on wood, Bartolomeo degli Erri, Metropolitan Museum of Art 23.140Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Saint Thomas Aquinas Aided by Saints Peter and Paul (Bartolomeo degli Erri, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 23.140)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/saint-thomas-aquinas-erri-met-23-140.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Saint Thomas Aquinas Aided by Saints Peter and Paul (Bartolomeo degli Erri, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 23.140). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/saint-thomas-aquinas-erri-met-23-140Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-saint-thomas-aquinas-aided-by-saints-pet, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Saint Thomas Aquinas Aided by Saints Peter and Paul (Bartolomeo degli Erri, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 23.140)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/saint-thomas-aquinas-erri-met-23-140}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA tempera on wood panel showing Thomas Aquinas aided by Peter and Paul, painted by the Italian artist Bartolomeo degli Erri, active 1460 to 1479 in Modena. The panel belongs to a devotional cycle illustrating episodes from Aquinas's legendary life, likely his miraculous understanding of scripture. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 23.140, given through the Fletcher Fund in 1923.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsSubject MatterDepicted SubjectWell-attestedThe scene illustrates an episode recorded in Aquinas's first biography, written by the Dominican prior William of Tocco, and later retold in the Golden Legend: while at prayer over a passage of scripture he could not interpret, the apostles Peter and Paul are said to have appeared to him and explained its meaning, an episode later credited with confirming his authority as a teacher of doctrine. 1Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionRoman Catholicism, Denominations Well-attested Source Saint Thomas Aquinas Aided by Saints Peter and Paul, accession 23.140 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsThomas Aquinas, Figures Well-attested The panel's directly named subject per the museum's own title and its own linked Wikidata identifier, shown aided by Peter and Paul in a scene from the legendary vision tradition the corroborating Wikipedia record independently describes for him.Source Saint Thomas Aquinas Aided by Saints Peter and Paul, accession 23.140 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Additional Source Thomas Aquinas (Wikipedia)tier 3Sources1. Saint Thomas Aquinas Aided by Saints Peter and Paul, accession 23.140 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of ArtView the SourceThomas Aquinas (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaDepicts: Thomas AquinasQuote, Depicts: Thomas AquinasAquinas's earliest biographers record that the crucified Christ spoke to him from an image, praising his writing on the faith.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year